A river (the River Fleet) in London, England, now buried underground, that flowed under the Eastern end of the present Fleet Street.
A former prison (the Fleet Prison) in London, which originally stood near the stream.
A river, the Water of Fleet, in Dumfries and Galloway council area, Scotland.
A river in Highland council area, Scotland, which flows into Loch Fleet.
A town in Hart district, Hampshire, England.
(OS grid ref TF3823) A village and civil parish in South Holland district, Lincolnshire, England .
A hamlet in Alberta, Canada.
A group of vessels or vehicles.
Any group of associated items.
A large, coordinated group of people.
(nautical) A number of vessels in company, especially war vessels; also, the collective naval force of a country, etc.
(nautical, British Royal Navy) Any command of vessels exceeding a squadron in size, or a rear admiral's command, composed of five sail-of-the-line, with any number of smaller vessels.
(nautical) A location, as on a navigable river, where barges are secured.
(Yorkshire) Obsolete form of flet (“house, floor, large room”).
(transitive, intransitive) To pass over rapidly; to skim the surface of.
(transitive, intransitive) To hasten over; to cause to pass away lightly, or in mirth and joy.
(intransitive) To flee, to escape, to speed away.
(intransitive) To evanesce, disappear, die out.
(nautical) To move up a rope, so as to haul to more advantage; especially to draw apart the blocks of a tackle.
(nautical, intransitive, of people) To move or change in position.
To cause to slip down the barrel of a capstan or windlass, as a rope or chain.
To take the cream from; to skim.
(literary) Swift in motion; light and quick in going from place to place.
(uncommon) Light; superficially thin; not penetrating deep, as soil.